Guinn Mountain–Boulder Wagon Road Spur, 3 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Arapaho National Forest near East Portal, CO. The route reaches Guinn Mountain. It climbs 1,170 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 93/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi10,817 – 11,772 ft · steepest grade: 26%5.1 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Boulder Wagon Road 39.93272, -105.68321
Nearest town East Portal, CO
Directions
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Guinn Mountain–Boulder Wagon Road Spur, 3 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,170 ft · 2 hr 11 min
Elevation 10,816–11,771 ft
Out & Back · Arapaho National Forest
Trailhead: Boulder Wagon Road · 39.93272, -105.68321
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Boulder Wagon Road, heading E.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Guinn Mountain.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Boulder Wagon Road Spur, heading S.
- 0.2 miReach Guinn Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Boulder Wagon Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:11 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:59 PM.
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